Vise



May ,19, 1925; 7 1,537,958

W. F. MARSHALL VISE FiIed Nov. 6. 1923 \F v INVENTOR 15 wamH/mwz 6&1

ATTOR Y Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

VTILLIAM FRANKLIN MARSHALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

VISE.

Application filed November 6, 1923. Serial No. 673,073.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MAR- SHALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful"Improvements in Vises, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to vises and particularly to a universallysupportedvise or a rise in which the aw members may be collectivelyrotated in a horizontal plane and also rotated in a vertical plane; andthe objcct of the invention is to provide a vise of the class specifiedcomprising 'a standard adapted to be rotatably adjusted in a suitable.support with means for retaining the standard in different positions ofadjustment; a further objectbeing to provide means for supporting thejaw members of the device in connection with the standard and to permitof rotatable adjustment of the jaw members in said standard, and meansfor retaining the aw members in predetermined positions of adjustment; afurther object being to provide a device of the class specified which isdesigned particularly for use in supporting workpieces in differentangular positions with reference to a workman to facilitate thefashioning of. the workpiece without inconvenienceto the operator, theworkpiece being capable of movement into positions suitable to aworkman; and with these and other objectsin view'the invention consistsin a device of the class and for the purpose specified which is simplein construction and operation, and efficient in use and which isconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a side and sectional viewof adevice made according to my invention and indicating the method of itsuse; and;

Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1 with parts ofthe construction in different position and with parts omitted.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown one form of construction forcarrying my invention into effect and, in the drawing, 5 represents amain stock or standard of the device comprising a cylindrical base 6having a depending threaded rod 7 secured thereto or forming partthereof, and the.

upper end of the stock 5 is U-shaped in form orcomposed of a pair ofupstanding meml;ers 8. a

a In the construction shown, the rod 7 1s se-- cured to the body 6 by ascrew or the like 9 but it will be-understood that I am not limited tothis detail of construction. The threaded rod 9 is adapted to passthrough an aperture 10 anda work-bench or other support 11 and mountedonthe rod is a washer 12 and nut member 13,the latter. operating tofirmly clamp thestock 5 in predetermined positions of rotatableadjustment in connection with the work-bench or support 11.

Mounted transversely of the upper ends of the members 8 is a clamp screw14, one end of which is in threaded engagement with one i of the members8 asshown at 15, the other end of which is provided, With an enlargedhead portlon 16 111 which is movably mounted a crank rod 17 by means ofwhich the clamp screw 14 may be operated.

Rotatably mounted on the screw 14 between the members'8 is an adjustablejaw supporting member ls'held in different positions of adjustmentby'the clamp screw 14:. Mounted transversely of the upper end portion ofthe member 18 is a vice construction 19 composed of two cooperating jawmembers 20 mounted on two feed screws 21 and both of which pass throughand project beyond the opposite side of the member 18 and the oppositeend port-ions of the separate feed screws 21 and 22 are provided withleft and right hand threads as shown. The feed screw. 21 is keyed to themember 18 as shown at 23 to prevent its displacement in said member, andone end portion of said feed screw is provided with'an enlarged head 2%and with a crank rod 25 movably mounted'in connection therewith and bymeans of whichzthe screw 21 may be rotated. Y I v The feed screw 21 isprovided with a gear 26 which is located within the member 18 at oneside thereof and this gear operates in connection with a similar gear 27on the feed screw 22 whereby the rotation of the screw 21 willcorrespondingly rotate the screw 22 and the left and right threads onsaid-feed screws are so arranged that the rotation towardand from eachother depending upon the direction in which the feed screw 21 isrotated. a

\Vithmy improved universally supported vise construction the jaw members20 may be swung in a vertical plane through an are greater than onehundred and eighty degrees and also adjusted horizontally to anyreo'within th e hundred and sixty def ti provi; g'thesupport 01 a work-'u I 1 Q piece between the. aws 20 Orthe vise 19 in any desirez position,or into a. pos1t1on which will readily 'i flCllltfit-e the operations ofsuch workpiece. The vise is designed particularlyfor use in fine work inperforming delicate drilling or boring operations, filing, etc; ofworkpieces of various lnnds and classes,-it being understood that theworkpiece is adjusted in the vise or between the jaws thereof to suitthe other adjustment of V the vise as a whole.

It will be understood that I am not necessarily limited to thespecific"construction of the vise 19 herein shown and described "nor am1 necessarily limited to the specific form and construction of the stock5, or the method of adjustably supporting the same nor. the method ofretaining the member 18 in predetermined positions of adjustment, andvarious changes in and modifications ofthe construction herein shown anddescribed may bemade, within the scope of the appendedclaims withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention orsacriiicing its advantages.i ,7 1 Having fully "described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is v I 1. A device of the classdescribed comprising a stock, means for adjustably mounting said stockin connection with a suitable support, a member rotatably mounted inconnection with said'stock at right angles to the adjustment of saidstock, means for retaining said member in predetermined positions ofadjustment, two feed screws mounted in connection with and supported bysaid member and vise jaws mounted on and movableby said feed screws.

2.-A universallysupported vise of the class described comprising arotatably ad- 7 other.

justable stock, a visesupporting member rotatably adjustable insaidstock in a plane' at right angles. to the adjustment of said stockthrough an are greater than one hundred and eighty degrees, and ZLVISGmounted said jaw members toward and from each A device for vuniversallysupporting avise comprising-a stock composed of a body-portion,a;threaded rod projecting from one end of said body portion, said rodbein ada ted to ass throu h a suitaa bleisupport, means mounted on saidrod for retaining the stock 1n predetermined POSltions of ad ustmentonsaid support, the

other end portion of said stock being U-shape in form, and a visesupporting I the stock in predetermined positions of adjustment on saidsupport, the other endportion of said stock being U-shaped'in form, avise, supporting member rotatably. adjustable within the U-shapedportion of said stock through an are greater than one hundred and eightydegrees, andmeans for retaining said member in predetermined positionsof adjustment, said means comprising a clamp. screw passed through theforked end-portion of the stool: and through said member. I i

5. A ClBVlCB for universally supporting a vise comprislng a stockcomposed of a body portion, a threaded rod projecting from one end ofsaid body pOltlOll Salfll rod being adapted to pass through a suitablesupport, meansmounted on said rod for retaining the stock inpredetermined positions of ad j ustment on said support, the other endportion of said stock being U -shaped in form, a vise-supporting memberrotatably adjustable within the U-shapedportion otsaid stock, means forretaining said member in predetermined positions of adjustment, saidmeans-comprising aclamp screw, passed through the forked end portion ofthe stock and through said member, a crank rod for rotating-said screw,a vise mounted in con nection with'said member, said vise comprising twocooperative. feed screws, jaw members mounted on and. movable by saidscrews, and means for retaining said feed screws against displacementin-said members. V v v i "6. A device for universally supporting a Visecomprising a stock composed of a body portion, a threaded rod projectingfrom one end of said body portion, said rod being adapted to passthrough a suitable support, means mounted on said rod for retainingthestock in predetermined positions of adjustment on said support, theother end' portion of said stock being U-shapedin vform, a

vise supporting member rotatablyadjustable within the U-shaped portionof said llli) stock, means for retaining said member in predeterminedpositions of adjustment, said means comprising a clamp screw passedthrough the forked end portion of the stock and through said member, acrank rod for rotating said screw, a vise mounted in connection withsaid member, said vise comprising two cooperating feed screws, jawmembers mounted on and movable by said screws, and means for rotatingone of said feed screws.

7. A device of the class described comprising a standard, means foradjustablymounting said standard in connection with a suitable support,said standard being provided with a fork-shaped projection, a screwmounted in connection with said forkshaped projection, a memberrotatably mounted on said screw within said projection and held indifferent positions of adjustment by said screw, two teed screwssupported in said member in parallel relation and provided at the freeends with threaded portions, vise aws mounted on and movable by saidfeed screws into positions relative to each other.

8. A device of the class described comprising a standard, means foradjustably mounting said standard in connection with a suitable support,said standard being provided with a fork-shaped projection, a screwmounted in connection with said forksliaped projection, a memberrotatably mounted on said screw within said projection and held indifierent positions of adjustment by said screw, two feed screwssupported in said member in parallel relation and provided at the freeends with threaded portions, vise jaws mounted on and movable by saidfeed screws into positions relative to each other, gears on said feedscrews within said member and gearing said screws one with the other,and means for rotating one of said feed screws for moving said jaws intodifferent positions.

9. A universally supported vise of the class described, comprisingastock, means whereby said stock may be rotatably adjustable inconnection with a suitable support, the upper end portion of said stockbeing U-shaped in form, a vise supporting member mounted and movablewithin the U-shaped end portion of said stock and capable of rotaryadjustment through an are greater than 180 degrees, and means passedthrough said U-shaped stock portion and said member for coupling saidparts together and for retaining said member in different: positions ofadjustment. 1

10. A universally supported vise of the class described comprising astock, means whereby said stock may be rotatably adjustable inconnection with a suitable support, the upper end portion of saidstockbeing U-shaped in form, a vise supporting member mounted andmovable within the U-shaped end portion of said stock and capable ofrotary adjustment through an are greater than 180 degrees, means passedthrough said U-shaped stock portion and said member for coupling saidparts together and for retaining said member in difierent positionsofadjustment, two vise jaws movably mounted in connection with saidmember, and means on said member for moving both of said jaws intodifferent positions relatively toeach other.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname this first day of November, 1923.

WILLIAM FRANKLlN MARSHALL.

